APD · Air Products and Chemicals Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $67.75B |
| P/E | — |
| Float | 218.5M |
| Beta | 0.69 |
| Volatility | 17.3% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Chemicals |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 84 |
| Price | 302.26 |
| Change | −0.64% |
| Prev Close | 304.22 |
| Open | 311.10 |
| Day Low | 302.57 |
| Day High | 311.72 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $337.1M |
| 52W High | 314.87 |
| 52W Low | 229.11 |
| 52W Pos | 85.3% |
| From High | −4.00% |
| From Low | +31.93% |
| Max DD 1Y | −21.65% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | −1.08% |
| SMA 50 | +0.84% |
| SMA 200 | +6.99% |
| RSI (14) | 51.1 |
| Vol 30D | 19.5% |
| Vol 90D | 24.6% |
| 1Y Range | 229–315 |
| Daily bars | 865 |
| Perf Week | −0.41% |
| Perf Month | +3.09% |
| Perf Quarter | +7.56% |
| Perf Half Y | +11.77% |
| Perf Year | +4.91% |
| Perf YTD | +20.68% |
| Prev Day | −0.64% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.35 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.38 |
| Int Cover | 9.1× |
| FCF Margin | — |
| Rev Growth | −0.0% |
| Profit | Unprofitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 2 / 17 |
What APD does
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, equipment, and related services in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, India, and internationally.
The company produces atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and syngas; and specialty gases for customers in various industries, including refining, chemical, metals, manufacturing, electronics, energy production, medical, food, chemical and petrochemical manufacturing, oil and gas recovery and processing, and steel and primary metals processing.
It also designs and manufactures equipment for air separation, hydrocarbon recovery and purification, natural gas liquefaction, and liquid helium and liquid hydrogen transport and storage.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayAPD grades A-, 84 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (70), most exposed on Price Stability (67, steady). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Chemicals median. Ranks 2 of 17 in Chemicals by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| APD | Chemicals median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| Volatilityannualized | 17.3% | 21.4% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −21.6% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.83% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 114% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| APD | Chemicals median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.69 | 0.86 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate47% of 17 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Chemicals names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| APD | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −0.4% |
| 1 month | +3.1% |
| Year to date | +20.7% |
| 1 year | +4.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| APD | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 30 Jun |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 50 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 8 · 9 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 8 ↑ 9 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 17 Chemicals names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| APD | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | −0.0% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Chemicals median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Against Chemicals
17 companies| Metric | APD | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 0.69 | 0.86 | |
| Volatility | 17.3% | 21.4% | |
| Debt / equity | 0.35 | 0.61 | |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 1.43 | |
| Interest coverage | 9.1× | 5.9× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openAir Products raised its profit guidance for fiscal 2026, citing a stronger earnings outlook, high-return projects, and ongoing productivity (cost-saving) efforts.
The article highlights Air Products' earnings outlook, high-return projects, and productivity efforts as drivers of momentum, and notes that the company has raised its forecast for fiscal 2026. The body is a short summary and provides limited detail beyond these four points.
The article argues Air Products remains worth holding because of high-return projects, productivity gains, and new business deals, even though helium pricing and weakness in Europe are working against the company.
Air Products is described as benefiting from high-return projects, productivity gains, and new deals, while facing pressure from lower helium prices and a weak European market. The article recommends holding onto the stock.
Valuation signals are mixed: a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) estimate, which values a company by estimating its future cash flows and discounting them back to today, points to upside, while market multiples suggest the stock is expensive.
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